Introduction Melanie Simpson is a 10-year-old Caucasian girl. She is a fifth grader attending Bellaire Elementary in Hurst, Texas. Melanie and her family reside in a house in Hurst. Her family consists of her mother, her mother’s boyfriend, and her older sister and brothers. She never got the chance to build a relationship with her father because he left when she was only a few months old. Therefore, her mother was known as the “head of the household” while she managed to take care of her four children and work constantly to provide for the family. Additionally, Melanie was also enrolled in the school’s Backpack Program, which provided children at Bellaire with food to take home for the weekend for them and their siblings. However, the program ended due to a lack of funding. As a result, Melanie’s mother had to apply for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, to provide food for the family when work did not provide enough money. Currently, Melanie’s mother and her boyfriend have been in an on-and-off relationship over the past year.
A teacher of Melanie’s referred her to be a part of Communities in Schools, also known as CIS. CIS is a program where a social worker has individual and group …show more content…
The four types of child abuse include physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect. Early American practices in regards to orphaned or dependent children reflected the beginning of neglect of children that still continues to this day (Thomas Jr., 1972). The earliest case that was ever recorded happened in 1655 in Massachusetts with 12-year-old John Walker. In his article, Thomas (1972) included the following descriptions of the injuries the child sustained, which led to his